Firoz Shah

Forskningsingenjör|Research Engineer

  • Professional title: Research Engineer
  • Academic title: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  • Area of responsibility: Analytical services, Project design and supervision, technical support in Mycology and Analytical Chemistry protocols, Analytical Instrument maintenance and support
  • Telephone: +46 (0)10-1428833
  • Email: firoz.shah@miun.se
  • Visitor address: Holmgatan 10
  • Room number: O218B
  • Location: Sundsvall

I am a Research Engineer within NDH, and support multiple projects with R&D and instrumentations as described in the links below.

Previous research projects I was involved in are:
1. BioRem Fiber (Fiberbank remediation)
2. FoodTech (novel food production)
3. BioRem Metal & Energy

Background

I have a research background in Microbiology/mycology, fungal chemistry (enzymes, acids and metabolites), and genomics. Various techniques I have implemented during my career can be briefly categorized under microbiology, enzyme and protein biochemistry, spectroscopic analysis (FT-IR), liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (LC-MS), transcriptomics (RNA-Seq and Micro-array), and genomics.

2020-2021 Research Engineer/Mycologist, SLU Umeå, Sweden
2018-2019 Biochemist, Lund University, Sweden.
2015-2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki-Viikki Campus, Finland.
2014-2015 Research Assistant (post PhD), Lund University, Sweden.
2009-2014 PhD in Ecology (Microbial Ecology), Lund University, Sweden.
2007-2008 Licent. (M. Phil) Biotechnology, University of Delhi-South Campus, New Delhi, India.

Area of interest

R&D support and laboratory instrumentations within Microbiology, Food Tech, and Environmental Biotechnology.

Teaching and tutoring

2022: Mycoremediation project BioRemFiber/Foodtech-project supervision-ongoing
2021 : Erasmus mobility students from France (2) at SLU Umeå, Sweden
2015-2017 Asst. supervisor to 1 PhD student, University of Helsinki, Finland.
2014-2015: PhD student (1) and postdocs (2) at the Microbial Ecology Group, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sweden

Other information

Orcid: 0000-0001-7833-7832

https://www.svenskaturistforeningen.se/guider-tips/berattelser/forskare-alskar-basta/

 

Mushroom production within the project Foodtech fermentering.

The page was updated 3/25/2025